December 2002 Intelligence News

Push Is On to Overhaul FBI by Thomas Frank, Newsday, December 29. "A small but significant number of lawmakers and experts are starting to push for an overhaul of the FBI and are talking seriously about creating a new agency to run intelligence inside the United States."

Database Monitor Far From a Reality by Jim Puzzanghera, San Jose Mercury News, December 26. "Steven Aftergood, a research analyst at the Federation of American Scientists and a critic of the plan, said it could actually end up harming the war on terrorism by diverting law enforcement resources down innumerable dead ends."

Pearl Harbor planning for $220 million project by Sean Hao, Honolulu Advertiser, December 24. "The military is planning to build a $220 million complex at Pearl Harbor for intelligence gathering and analysis that would be one of the largest projects at the naval base in coming years."

Judiciary Panel Adds Surveillance Oversight by Brian Krebs, WashingtonPost.com, December 23. "The Senate Judiciary Committee next year will have its hands full balancing perennial high-tech policy debates with oversight of new federal surveillance and data-gathering powers."

Panel report indicates intelligence unreformed, Florida Today, December 14. "Anyone looking for signs of significant progress in overhauling the nation's sprawling network of intelligence agencies won't find it in the final version of a Senate panel's report into the Sept. 11 attacks."

Intelligence overhaul necessary, panel says, by Mary Jacoby, St. Petersburg Times, December 12. "Unfortunately, the committee members said, some of the most illuminating information about why the overhaul is needed must remain secret."

Domestic Intelligence Agency Gains Support, by Laura Sullivan, Baltimore Sun, December 10. "Despite fierce opposition from the FBI, support is growing in Washington for the creation of a domestic intelligence agency that could take over intelligence gathering and counterterrorism from the bureau."

Not Henry Kissinger (editorial), San Francisco Chronicle, December 3. "It is true that Kissinger, a master political statesman, has extensive experience in foreign diplomacy. But he is also famous for conducting governmental affairs with secrecy and even deceit."